the Russian Empire was the colossus of European politics. 俄罗斯帝国曾是欧洲政治中的巨人。
a colossus ventilated by the dawn breeze. 被黎明时的微风吹得洁净的巨像。
He saw himself first as a straddler—roughly on the scale of the Colossus of Rhodes, for he was not short of self-esteem. 他认为自己首先是个和事佬——大体上在罗德岛的太阳神的范围之内,因为他并不缺乏自尊。